The Wanganui Chronicle PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1893.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11867, 18 October 1893, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1893.

Bisuor Moban — the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin — hits out most vigorously — not to say viciously — against Sir Robert Stout and the Labour Party in New Zealand. In language most emphatic he calls upon all Catholics — from the North Capo to Stewart Island — to vote against both. First and foremost, of lourse, the vigorous Bishop puts the question of State aid to Catholic schools. " All other questions," he says, " must be thrown behind their backs and cut of sight by Catholics, and all their energies muet be concentrated in securing a block vote in favour of their scaools and against tho enemies of them. This is the paramount question. Every I other question ie of comparatively no importance at present. I rejoice, therefore, to learn that there are such etrong grounds for believing that not a single Catholic, worthy of the name, will be found to vote for any candidate, no matter who he may be, who refuses to pledge himself to vote for aid from tha public funds to our Echools." When he mentions the Labour party, the worthy Bishop has all he can do to keep his temper. He says : — " A s to the Labour party in New Kealand, I am convinced that the Labour party in this colony is its own greatest enemj, ajid I am certain it is our greatest enemy, 'iha Lai our pirty in this - colony has not Uoen l«d by its best and [ wisest membei3. Its policy has killed enterprise here and is mainly responsible for the present dearth of employment. Money iB abundant iv New Zealand, so ' abunrfsnt that it ia constantly being Eent t:> Australia and oven to Ampvica, instead of being omployed here in the development, of the country, and this is to be , attributed mainly to the Labour party. Therpforo I say it is its own worst enemy. My advice to all Catholics i& to have nothiner whatever to do with the Labour party in Now Zealand. It is the uncompromising advocate uf the plunderinc, Godless system of education in this country which inflicts upon us such terrible injustice. I advise such Catholics as may be found in its ranks to come forth from them at once, and to be no ' longer responsible for the mischief it is doing the colony, and the wronj: it is doing themselves." from condemnation of the Labour party. Bishop Moran proceeds to anathematise the leader of that party. Sir Robert Stout. He mentions l no names— but thore can be no mistake [ as to whom he refer 3iv the following l Eevere paragraph :—" Our most determined and dangerous opponents are the faddists, and of course the Icing of fuddists hojds the first place. Our faddists and their dupes think that to be an oxj cellent and almost God-sent system of oducation, which plunders ono-soventh of tie community and practically condemns

their children, so far as it can, to perpetual ignoranca, and prop>ses in mo3t ii amazing stupidity to better the condition I of labour in an educational point of view p by establishing a system of education which, fiom top to bottom, places all the y advantages and all the prizes almost t exclusively in the handa'of the well-to-do c people, who alone should have sufficient t means to enable their children to take t full advantage of such a system of educa- >] tion. These faddists are the pest of the j community, and all who wish well to the t country should discountena-nco them at | once and for ever. It is n.t necessary to j mention names, everyone will understand j whom we mean." There is no hesitation ( about the matter this time. The Catholic block vote is to go straight against Sir ( Robert Stout and the Labour party and , all who sympathise with tithor.